Summer Series

PROGRAM

Gnawa by Nacho Duato

Go on a journey with Gnawa by global choreographer Nacho Duato, whose work the Chicago Tribune calls “gorgeously ...MORE Go on a journey with Gnawa by global choreographer Nacho Duato, whose work the Chicago Tribune calls “gorgeously classical and pertly idiosyncratic.” Gnawa, created exclusively for Hubbard Street in 2005, is set to evocative rhythms from Hassan Hakmoun and Adam Rudolph, tapping the Mediterranean spirit of North Africa and Duato’s native Spain. Costumes for the piece are by Modesto Lomba, chairman of the Spanish Fashion Designers’ Association. LESS

Quintett by William Forsythe

(Thursday, Saturday & Sunday) Vanguard choreographer William Forsythe’s Quintett is a transporting experience. Cr...MORE (Thursday, Saturday & Sunday) Vanguard choreographer William Forsythe’s Quintett is a transporting experience. Created in collaboration with its original cast, this demanding, intricate work still challenges and inspires two decades after its premiere. As it unfolds, Quintett evokes and develops themes of loss, hope, fear and joy heard in Gavin Bryars’ tidal, crescendoing composition from 1971, “Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet.” LESS

The Impossible by Alejandro Cerrudo

Alejandro Cerrudo’s thirteenth work as Hubbard Street’s Resident Choreographer ricochets between dance and thea...MORE Alejandro Cerrudo’s thirteenth work as Hubbard Street’s Resident Choreographer ricochets between dance and theater. Glimpsed at times as if through a prism or in a hall of mirrors, the scenes of The Impossible raise intriguing questions about memory, mortality, partnership and the human spirit. Costumes for The Impossible are by Branimira Ivanova, Jeff Award–winning designer of numerous Hubbard Street premieres; lighting is by Michael Korsch, designer for both of Cerrudo’s acclaimed works for Hubbard Street’s main company in 2012: Little mortal jump and One Thousand Pieces. LESS

PACOPEPEPLUTO by Alejandro Cerrudo

(Friday Only) Seven minutes of solo dancing for men set to songs popularized by "the king of cool," Dean Martin, in...MORE (Friday Only) Seven minutes of solo dancing for men set to songs popularized by "the king of cool," Dean Martin, in the '50s and '60s, PACOPEPEPLUTO shows Cerrudo's skill at balancing aesthetic austerity and sharp wit. LESS

Falling Angels by Jirí Kylián

(Friday Only) Choreographed between 1986 and 1991, Jiří Kylián's six "black and white" works are among the most ...MORE (Friday Only) Choreographed between 1986 and 1991, Jiří Kylián's six "black and white" works are among the most influential in Western contemporary dance. In spring 2014, Hubbard Street added two of these works — Falling Angels (1989) and Sarabande (1990) — to three more already in the company's repertoire: Petite Mort, Sechs Tänze and No More Play. Eight women remain onstage throughout Falling Angels, a group continually fractured and recombined by the endlessly inventive patterning of Kylián's choreography and lighting design, both keenly illustrative of Steve Reich's phased-percussion score. LESS